"Pulling over good driver" campaigns aren't new. Up here the Edmonton Police Service carried one out in 2001. Instead of $5 Starbucks certificates, the cops gave out a total of 10 "tickets" for a dinner-for-two at a not-inexpensive local restaurant. I don't recall any huge outcry over it, but a certificate for around $60 is likely a better tension reliever than a free coffee.
Dan@23: The EPS is also working on stickers for cars with valuables, but I think they're trying to make small transparent ones to put in the driver's field of vision. They already make huge yellow cards that people can put in their windows announcing that all valuables have already been removed.
While it's nice to be a citizen of a "civilized" country, I'm not sure if we get to keep calling ourselves that when our government has decided to outsource executions to the States. If you haven't heard, Canada's "New Governmentâ„¢" (yes, they call themselves that) is picking and choosing when they will work on behalf of Canadian citizens facing death penalties in foreign countries. Apparently, if the country is democratic enough (and the citizen is distasteful enough) we'll let it slide. Because there are no underlying principles, I suppose.
Of course this is the government where the Public Safety Minister has has stated (before getting into power) that pedophiles and such should be put into the general prison population so the "moral" prisoners can dispense some justice.
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